Daily Bread: The Living Water – An Encounter With Jesus

😇 Shalom to all.
Firman Allah hari ini:

“Di situ terdapat sumur Yakub. Yesus sangat letih oleh perjalanan, karena itu Ia duduk di pinggir sumur itu. HARI KIRA-KIRA PUKUL DUA BELAS.”
(Yohanes 4:6 TB)

Injil Yohanes pasal 4 mencatat percakapan Yesus, saat itu Ia duduk di pinggir sumur, lalu datanglah seorang perempuan, yang hanya dicatat “perempuan Samaria” untuk menimba air dari sumur itu. Di situ Yesus memulai percakapan tentang “air”. Selain udara, air adalah kebutuhan vital manusia. Karenanya kita memahami bahwa percakapan Yesus itu mengenai hal yang vital bagi kebutuhan manusia untuk hidup.

Menarik: bahwa Perempuan Samaria itu datang menimba air ke sumur di tengah hari yang terik, “Hari kira-kira pukul dua belas”. (ayat 6). Daerah Samaria pada siang hari secara normal adalah panas; jam 12 siang umumnya banyak orang lebih suka berlindung di rumah dari pada keluar rumah. Sepertinya ia memilih waktu itu untuk menghindari bertemu dengan orang-orang lain. Alkitab memberitahukan bahwa ia sudah lima kali menikah dan lima kali juga bercerai. Di zaman itu tentunya ia dicap amat buruk di masyarakat karena status perkawinannya yang penuh kegagalan. 

Perasaan malu, perasaan gagal, bisa mendorong seseorang untuk bersikap ‘anti-sosial’, menghindari orang-orang.

Namun ia menjadi amat bersukacita setelah bertemu dengan sumber-air-hidup, yaitu Yesus Kristus. Sampai terlupa tempayannya, bergegas ia balik masuk ke kota. Ia sendiri yang mendatangi orang-orang dan bersaksi. Perasaan malunya diubah menjadi sukacita dan semangat, tidak menghindari orang sebaliknya menjumpai orang-orang untuk bersaksi tentang Yesus.
“Dan banyak orang Samaria dari kota itu telah menjadi percaya kepada-Nya karena perkataan perempuan itu, yang bersaksi…” (Yoh. 4:39).

Terimakasih Tuhan Yesus, Engkaulah sumber air-hidup bagiku, dan aku mau menyaksikan kebaikan-Mu kepada orang-orang lain. Amin

Bless you
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😇 Shalom to all.
God’s word today:

“Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. IT WAS ABOUT NOON.”
(John 4:6 NIV)

The Gospel of John chapter 4 records Jesus’ conversation, when He was sitting by the well, then a woman, who was only recorded as a “Samaritan woman” came to draw water from the well. There Jesus began a conversation about “water”. Besides air, water is a vital human need. Therefore we understand that Jesus’ conversation was about something vital for human needs.

Interesting: that the Samaritan woman came to draw water from the well in the middle of a hot day, “It was about noon.” (verse 6). The area of ​​Samaria during the day is normally hot; generally at 12 noon many people prefer to take shelter at home rather than go out of the house. It seems that she chose that time to avoid meeting other people. The Bible tells us that she had been married five times and divorced five times. At that time, of course, she was branded very badly in society because of her failed marital status.

Feelings of shame, feelings of failure, can drive someone to be ‘anti-social’, avoiding people.

However, she became very joyful after meeting the source of living water, namely Jesus Christ. Even she forgot her jar, hurried back into the city. She herself that approached the people and testified. Her feelings of shame were transformed into joy and enthusiasm, no longer avoiding people but instead meeting people to testify about Jesus.
“And many Samaritans from that city believed in Him because of the words of the woman who testified…” (John 4:39).

Thank you Lord Jesus, you are the source of living water for me, and I desire to testify your goodness to other people. Amen.

Bless you
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